Strategic counsel. Formidable advocacy. Results that matter.
ELPIS LAW represents businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and individuals in complex litigation, business disputes, and cross-border matters. We appear in California state and federal courts and advise clients whose interests extend between the United States and Asia.
Trial-ready advocacy for business disputes, real estate conflicts, intellectual property matters, and sensitive family-law proceedings.
We counsel and represent clients in litigation, business and corporate matters, real estate disputes, and family law. Every engagement begins with a direct assessment of the legal issues, the client’s objectives, and the most effective path forward.
Civil Litigation 民事诉讼
Commercial disputes, fraud, tort claims, and other complex civil actions in California state and federal courts. We develop a focused litigation strategy for each matter, from the initial pleadings through trial and appeal.
Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes 公司治理与股东纠纷
Business disputes and corporate counseling involving contracts, fraud, fiduciary duties, shareholder rights, trade secrets, unfair competition, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Real Estate Litigation 房地产诉讼
Real estate litigation involving ownership, title, construction defects, contracts, development, and unlicensed contractors, including quiet title actions and claims affecting valuable property interests.
Copyright and Trademark 知识产权
Trademark and copyright registration, enforcement, defense, and brand protection, including infringement disputes before courts and administrative tribunals.
Family Law and Related Areas 家事法律
Divorce, property division, marital agreements, and family formation matters, including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, surrogacy, fertility, and assisted reproduction.
U.S. Legal Opinions and Cross-Border Capital Markets 跨境资本市场
U.S. legal opinions, due diligence, and regulatory advice for PRC-based companies, listed companies, and applicants pursuing China, Hong Kong, and other international capital-markets transactions.
When a dispute begins to affect the business itself.
We represent companies and their owners in contract and business tort claims, disputes among partners and shareholders, trade secret and unfair competition matters, commercial real estate disputes, executive-related claims, and the enforcement of judgments.
Each matter begins with an assessment of the governing law, the available evidence, the financial exposure, and what the client needs the outcome to accomplish. Matters are prepared on the assumption that they may be tried.
Insights on California law.
Short, practical publications from Elpis Law on questions that arise in real disputes.
Can a Contract Limit Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs to $1,000? California Court Distinguishes Contractual Fees From Statutory Costs
The tenant’s right to costs came from statute; his right to fees came only from the lease that capped them. That difference decided the appeal.
Can Older Misconduct Support a Timely Fiduciary Duty Lawsuit? California Court Clarifies the Discovery Rule
Knowing a transaction occurred is not the same as knowing it was wrongful. Once a claim is timely, the limitations period does not become a shrinking window of…
Denying a Request for Admission Can Lead to Attorney Fees: California Court Explains the Limits of Cost-of-Proof Awards
A defendant who disputes the amount owed may still have no basis to deny that a contract existed. And a party that proves the denied fact must still show which fees…
Christopher D. Lee, Esq.
Christopher D. Lee is a trial attorney with extensive experience handling complex business and civil litigation. He represents clients in high-stakes commercial and civil disputes in federal and California state courts, and is bilingual in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
He is joined by partner Sichen (Sarah) Wu, Esq., licensed in California and New York, whose practice focuses on family law, civil litigation, and cross-border matters.
Meet the Legal Team → View Representative Matters →Outcomes in matters that mattered to the client.
Judgment exceeding $7.2 million
A multi-year action involving construction defects, fraud, fraudulent transfer claims, numerous defendants, and two intervening bankruptcy petitions.
View this matter →Precedential win over the owner of VOGUE
Defended an opposition to the EVOGUE mark on likelihood-of-confusion and dilution grounds. The mark registered.
View this matter →Title quieted, judgment exceeding $2.2 million
Judgment resolving the title dispute in the client’s favor with related monetary relief.
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